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“Good. Let’s read together. We’ll need to start at verse ten. This is God’s Word on the subject: As soon as Babylon’s seventy years are up and not a day before, I’ll show up and take care of you as I promised and bring you back home. I know what I’m doing. I have it all planned out—plans to take care of you, not abandon you, plans to give you the future you hope for. Now let’s go to Jeremiah one verse five and read together. Before I shaped you in the womb, I knew all about you. Before you saw the light of day, I had holy plans for you: A prophet to the nations—that’s what I had in mind for you. Pretty powerful words. Now close your eyes and reflect for a moment.” The silence was deafening.
Kyla closed her eyes thinking about her relationship with Eric and the other men in her life, and she was filled with sadness and questions. How could God have destined that for her? If that was what God thought about her, she didn’t want anything to do with Him.
“Now keep your eyes closed. If you liked what you saw, raise your hand.” DeeDee surveyed the room and there were no hands up. “Now if you were ashamed of what you saw raise your hand?” Kyla slowly raised her hand. “Good, put your hands down.” Kyla felt a little better knowing she wasn’t the only one whose hand was up. “Look at me. What you saw was not what God intended for you. He planned something better, but you decided you didn’t want what He had. However, it’s not too late to get everything you deserve. All you have to do is make a decision. Most of you in here are struggling with sex. And the devil has tried to keep you a prisoner by telling you that that’s all you have to offer, but it’s a lie. You are so much more and you deserve better than the life you’ve been living. Before I forget, let me give you your homework now. I want you to read first Peter chapter one verses thirteen to second chapter verse three and email me your thoughts.” Kyla jotted down her homework and placed the slip of paper inside her Bible. “As I was saying, if you don’t make the decision to change and step into the plan God has for you, you will never be in control.” Kyla shifted in her seat. That was the third time she had heard that statement today. She sat up a little higher and listened intently as DeeDee spoke.
Kyla had set the alarm on her phone so she could leave class and be standing out in the foyer when Trina came down stairs. Her phone started vibrating and she closed her Bible and placed it into her bag and walked out into the lobby where she bumped into Trina.
“Kyla…what…,” Trina stood with her mouth open staring at the woman her friend was falling for. She tried not to notice the Bible that fell out of her bag and plopped open onto the floor. She handed the Bible back to Kyla.
“Thanks.” Kyla smiled and placed the Bible back into her bag. “So what’s good around here?”
“There’s a cafe around the corner. They have the best soup in the city.”
“Sounds great.”
They walked down the street, trading small talk. Once inside the cafe they ordered and over dessert, Trina finally asked, “Why did you want to meet?”
Kyla patted the side of her mouth with the white napkin and took a deep breath before answering. “I…I…”
“Thank you for taking care of Sean. I didn’t know how I was going to manage Chris and Tyler, work, and Sean. Every day I take care of three men, and adding a fourth and a dog…who I love dearly, was looking like a scary task.” They laughed.
“You don’t have to thank me.”
“And I want to apologize for my husband’s behavior.”
“No need. I know Chris doesn’t like me and thinks I’m a bad influence on Sean.”
“That’s not true.”
“Really?”
“He just doesn’t think it’s wise for you and Sean to be spending so much time together.”
“If we’re going to attempt to be friends, we need to be honest with each other.”
“Okay, Chris thinks Sean would be better off with someone…”
Kyla held up her hand. “A little more virtuous.”
“I think you’re the best thing to happen to Sean in quite a while. And I think he’s a good influence on you as well.”
“Unfortunately, I don’t agree with you.”
“I don’t understand.”
“Sean is a wonderful man and Chris is right. He should be with someone whose past isn’t so tainted.”
“Sean’s no saint.”
“I know. He told me about the alcohol and Francesca.” She hesitated before continuing. “Sean is…he’s…”
Trina looked at Kyla and saw in her eyes what she’d been seeing in Sean’s when he talked about her. “Enough about the men.”
“Okay.”
“How did you like Bible class?”
“I was wondering how long it was going to take you to get around to that.”
